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After successfully winning a four-day bench trial on behalf of a public works general contractor client, Lanak & Hanna Senior Counsel Mark Johnson obtained an attorney’s fees award for 100% of the fees incurred in taking the matter through trial. …

For the fifth time in a row this year, Lanak and Hanna’s trial team has prevailed on behalf of its clients in the courtroom.   Senior Counsel Mark Johnson secured a six-figure judgment against a general contractor and its surety on…

Associate Attorney Lauren Stec has prevailed in an administrative hearing challenging the validity of an unsupported and inflated stop payment notice.   A subcontractor filed an unsubstantiated $150,000 stop notice against the prime contractor client.  Utilizing the provisions of Civil Code…

Lanak & Hanna trial lawyers Michael Murray and Thomas Padian have prevailed again in trial, this time in a breach of contract lawsuit between two business partners.  The client loaned money to a former employee to start his own business.…

Cal Trans Bid Lanak & Hanna Senior Counsel Mac Cabal represented a general contractor in connection with a California Department of Transportation (“Caltrans”) public works project.  The general contractor was the low bidder.  However, shortly after bid opening, Caltrans deemed…

Lanak & Hanna attorney Lauren Stec successfully protested a multi-million-dollar school construction bid. After denial of the original client protest, Ms. Stec was brought in to challenge the school district’s original position. She was able to convince the District of…

Associate Attorney Lauren Stec assisted Lanak & Hanna’s general contractor client in protesting a school project award for $2.3 million.  After reviewing the bid protest, the school district determined that the other bids were non-responsive, and awarded our client the…

In the representation of a surety who issued a mechanic’s lien release bond on a residential project, Lanak & Hanna Associate Attorney Lauren B. Stec was victorious on demurrer defeating a time barred and previously released bond claim recloaked as…